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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1928
Page
8
The fourth Charm School session will feature a talk titled Home Charm in Ewing auditorium Monday night at six o'clock. Speaker is Miss Pauline Dickinson from the home economics department at Ohio University.
Inspection and initiation of a large class of candidates will be held April 6 at the Athens lodge of Odd Fellows. Noble Grand Roy Sones announced the event. BR Summers of Oberlin, grand master, visited Athens and Glouster on official business. Summers served in the state legislature last year.
Ten Ohio University faculty members will attend educations meetings in Boston aligned with the National Education Association gathering. Dean T C McCracken and colleagues A F W Myers Willis L Gard E A Hansen Joan Wate rerson and others join sessions including Education Association programs and supervision of student teaching.
Albany high school boy Vanith at Albany High School won second place in a state poultry contest conducted by a local corporation. He raised 495 Big White Leghorn chicks to 12 weeks with 95.23 percent survival, using an all mash feed method. C. X. Jones supervised the vocational department while breeding stock was housed at Albany High School.
Two new rest and recreation rooms for women students at Ohio University will be officially opened to house the Women's League and the YWCA. The East Wing rooms will be open daily except Sundays, hosting study spaces, meetings, and reading material with magazines and donated books. Opening events feature music and remarks from faculty and student leaders.
Louise Braxton, a bass soloist with Harmony Singers, credits praying for a voice after years of unable to sing. She tours nationally with a concert company promoting schools and will perform in Athens with the Kentucky Harmony Singers. Her background includes Cherokee, French, and African heritage, Tuskegee Institute training, and a Detroit Conservatory education. She broadcasts from 29 stations and advocates domestic arts training for girls.
Corning and surrounding residents host visits and gatherings. Mrs Lynd and Mrs Rinehart visit Stanton while the Shirkey sisters stay with W M Wilson in Columbus area. Mrs Love visits Pickerington, Ohio. Saylor and Coburn win buniga prizes at a Zanesville party. U B Church and E Church announce weekly services and activities including Sunday school, morning service, and youth programs.
In Spring Lake New Jersey on February 18 UPI reports Heilner from the American Museum of Natural History plans to sail to the Bahamas to test whether sharks attack unprovoked. He will swim with only two sharp daggers to prove or refute the idea that sharks target white humans, with a TV crew documenting the experiment.
Marietta February 16 Larry Haveed Hawk 73 lifelong Rockland resident died at home Thursday after a brief illness. Surviving brothers are L B Hawk of Bellingham Washington George Hawk of Stewart Charles Hawk of Marion and Samuel Hawk of Belpr. Funeral services will be held at the home of Samuel Hawk in Belpr this afternoon at 2 o'clock with officiating clergyman.
On February 18 significant events include Jefferson Davis's inauguration as president of the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee assuming command of Confederate forces, and the first Congress of the Permanent Confederate Government convening in Richmond. Frances E. Willard of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union died in New York, and the Prohibition era amendments began with the Eighteenth Amendment.
A city meeting will hold a special session this evening at 7 95 o'clock to nominate delegates for the Potine marlenet convention. The election is set for March 28, 19 20 and 21 with preparations underway.
An advertising notice announces a one day visit by a doctor in Athens at the Berry Motel on Traissday February 23. It promotes consultations for catarrh stomach issues and numerous ailments including rheumatism nerves heart trouble epilepsy and ruptures with promises of specialist advice and treatment for men women and children.
Fragmented text suggests a medical notice about nervous system concerns and emotional wellbeing. The piece mentions a doctor and possible conditions, with emphasis on guidance and attention to health issues. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Morning sermon and Sunday school at 10 a.m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. Evening service at 7:39 p.m. Report on the questionnaire. Monday evening Boy Scouts. Tuesday evening choir rehearsal at 7 p.m. Ladies Aid social with brief devotional service first.
An advertisement by Eugene M L Pullen of Manasquan New Jersey claims a complete non surgical cure for rupture. He describes prior rupture and relief from trusses and promises full information by mail to interested readers.
Hamden May elect officers for the coming year at a 20 member meeting in the Masonic building. Elected were J. T. Ogler Jr president Dr E S Ray first vice president George Mitchell second vice president Earl Webb third vice president H B Calvin fourth vice president O S Ray secretary W Ed Wilbur treasurer. A committee to draft by laws includes Wilbur Segale Chatfield and Webb. Women of the M E church served dinner.
Mr and Mrs Leach of Rank Leauney near Wellston were returning from Sand Run when their car collided with a McArthur Grocery truck on a curve on the Hamden Wellston pike. Mrs Leach has a broken knee cap and severe bruises. Mr Leach is bruised and cut. Kenneth Leach suffers a lacerated hand. All were taken to Holzer hospital by Goddard ambulance.
Redtown basketball squad at Greens Run school will receive letters soon. The Junior baseball team will practice within weeks to be ready for the season. Announced by manager Matt Anderson. Green Run players include Carl Hels', Guy Morrison, and Matt butta. Delbert Palmer celebrated by parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Palmer. Jacksonville residents Mr. and Mrs. John Buss visited Friday. Watt McDonald also involved. Winston Martin returned from Detroit seeking work. Edgof child mothers at Greens Run School helped with cooking. Guy Morrison 16, son of Crate Morrison, started REDTOWN February 18. Daisy Morrison visited relatives. Mrs. Oliver McNutt in Glouster on business. Mrs. Oliver Whitehall of Jacksonville visited with Crate Morrison. Others present: Mrs. Wilton Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kytta. Three children ill with measles. Francis Strausbough recovering from measles. Mrs. Frank Sith improving. Tommy Smith in good condition. Deloris Clemons of True town visited. Clifford Morrison hosted Crate Morrison and Daisy with Tommy. Mrs. Andrew Colling and Mrs. Charles Palmer visited. Eimer Cochran of Trimble and Broglin with family on business Wednesday.
An unsigned period piece extols Stuart's Tablets as a harmless, tasteless aid to digestion. The ad-like prose claims alkaline stomach balance reduces distress after meals and banishes bad breath in one minute, praising the convenient use before or after meals.
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